Letters to the Editor
PM and Brown dodge comment on UN membership
Wednesday 17 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
In 2012 Prime minister Puna made a statement quoted in the New Zealand Listener magazine that he wanted to give up New Zealand citizenship.
Questions to MP go unanswered
Wednesday 17 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Thank you Danny Mataroa for your letter (CI News, January 15).
Kata cartoon goes down a real treat
Wednesday 17 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kata is brilliant.
Donated tractor difficult to miss
Tuesday 16 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
William Framhein enquired in a letter published in CINews on Saturday as to the whereabouts of the tractor and the agricultural machinery donated by the Chinese government.
Letter wasn't about race
Tuesday 16 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I support David McNair’s letter about the weekly column that Thomas Wynne writes.
Sugar book fascinating – and scary
Tuesday 16 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have just finished reading a book on sugar written by Damon Gameau, the same man who made the film on sugar that was shown in schools not so long ago.
Ban plastic straws and help protect our precious environment
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
We may be world leaders in our bid to be self-sustainable by 2020, but when it comes to protecting our lagoons and island from plastic pollution we are our own worst enemies.
Time to step back and think about China issue
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It might be a good time for all the parties involved to take a step back and think carefully before further antagonising an already difficult situation.
Challenge for Maggie: Show us where the Chinese gear has gone
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The letter by Grass Cutter headlined ‘Wannabe PM insults our intelligence’, in last Saturday’s CI News needs to be acknowledged positively in terms of its balance and accuracy.
Water treatment remains an issue
Monday 15 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
The last paragraph of a story in Wednesday’s CINews captured my attention.
Good on you, Thomas...
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Thomas Wynne's column is the one thing I do look forward to read in the paper each week. It’s typical of papa'a like David McNair to run down our people like that.
Some lessons to be learned from row over Chinese aid
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
It was interesting to hear on Wednesday morning’s Radio Cook Islands-RNZ International and Pacific News report, comments attributed to Senator Concerta Fierravanti-Wells, Australian Minister for International Development and the Pacific.
What's up with the new truck?
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I have seen a brand new bitumen truck parked at ICI the last week or so, and I wanted to know from the ICI secretary whether this is the same bitumen truck that was talked about in parliament as having been paid for and not delivered, because the New Zealand company had gone into receivership.
Tourist numbers not the only issue
Friday 12 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Tourism has committed itself to operating under a sustainable guidance system for all the areas tourism affects - that means our culture, community and environment.
Let them form their own party
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Throughout last year and in previous years, George Pitt has painted the Democratic Party and certain members of it in bad light whilst also doing some “public relations” work for Tama Tuavera and promoting the idea of Selina Napa becoming leader of the Opposition. He has done this through his own media outlets.
Plastic container riles reader
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Amidst the international warnings about plastic waste in our oceans, and on our land and the danger of toxic fumes if you burn this waste, we now see Frucor Suntory, a New Zealand company producing the popular fruit drink Just Juice which was previously packaged in square cardboard cartons now bottling it in large 2.4 litre and 1litre plastic bottles.
A reminder for Saturday columnist
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I would like to remind Thomas Wynne, (Cook Island News January 2018 p.2) that we are not, as he claims “faced as a community with manslaughter.”
Kua kite te Ariki Vaine Victoria o Peritane te ture enua
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Kua manoko au i te apai mai i tetai tuatua puapinga kia tatou te Aronga Mana e mou nei i te au taonga Enua mei te Ui Ariki, Ui Mataiapo e te Ui Rangatira. Tena mai taua tuatua;
Say 'yes' or 'no' only when you really mean it
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
Over the holidays I met a friend having lunch out with her husband.
'Wannabe PM' insults our intelligence
Monday 8 January 2018 | Published in Letters to the Editor
I watched Member of Parliament George Angene (Maggie) on CI Television on Tuesday evening (January 2), dressed in his customary pink suit pleading to the people of Tupapa Maraerenga to re-elect him as their Member of Parliament for a third term.